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Friday, February 06, 2009

Simple Skirts!

I've had this cute and easy (and FREE!) pattern from Oliver + S bookmarked for quite some time and have been anxious to try it! While in Colorado, I let each of the little ladies pick out 1/2 yard of fabric to become their skirt.

I made three of these in about an hour and a half - so yes, they are very easy! I did have a mix up on what width of ribbon was required so ended up omitting the ribbon on my girls skirts.

Emily chose Strawberry Shortcake after the disappointment of not finding Cinderella fabric!

Rachel's fabric is so fun cheery and just reminds me of her personality:

Emily is invited to a little Valentine tea party tomorrow and since they don't want us to bring anything, I really wanted to bring a little hostess gift to her friend. I toyed with several ideas - but in the end made her a skirt as well. With a couple of fun embellishments, this one may be my favorite!

These little skirts are perfect for easy on-easy off play and will be perfect when it gets scorching around here this summer. Emily has already asked for another one - so I imagine we'll be making a few more. Good thing they are so simple!

Darling. I would love to see pictures of them on the girls. Wonder what they'd look like with leggings on underneath. dressing girls is just too much fun, so many possibilities. Another thing to save for when I dust off my sewing machine and learn how to use it.

These will be so breezy and effortless for your girls this summer. I have all the ingredients:little girl who loves to dress up+sewing machine still in its box+fabric bought on clearance-no clue how to sew= no hope of making these adorable skirts.

You are inspiring! I really want to try these and other sewing projects now!! I've been thinking on the modest/feminine/comfortable/frugal clothes issue again and hope to be doing more posts soon. Do you have any in the works like last year? :-)